Wat Pho - Quiz
  • 1. What is the total area of the Wat Pho complex?
A) 40 rai
B) 80 rai
C) 50 rai
D) 60 rai
  • 2. What is the length of the reclining Buddha at Wat Pho?
A) 46 metres
B) 36 metres
C) 56 metres
D) 26 metres
  • 3. Which road bisects the two walled compounds of Wat Pho?
A) Bangkok Road
B) Chetuphon Road
C) Temple Road
D) Sankhawat Road
  • 4. What is the name of the northern walled compound?
A) Sankhawat
B) Phutthawat
C) Sala Rai
D) Khao Mor
  • 5. What is found in the southern compound, the sankhawat?
A) The central bot
B) The reclining Buddha
C) Monk residential quarters and a school
D) The temple museum
  • 6. How many gates are in the perimeter wall of the main temple complex?
A) Sixteen
B) Ten
C) Twelve
D) Twenty
  • 7. How many great chedis are located in the temple grounds?
A) Four
B) Eight
C) Two
D) Six
  • 8. How many small chedis are located in the temple grounds?
A) 81
B) 101
C) 91
D) 71
  • 9. How were the Chinese stone statues originally brought to the temple?
A) Donated by Chinese pilgrims
B) As ballast on trading ships
C) By royal decree via elephant
D) Carved by monks on-site
  • 10. How many subject areas are covered in the pictorial encyclopedia at Wat Pho?
A) Ten
B) Eight
C) Six
D) Twelve
  • 11. What is the name of the hill containing statues of massage and yoga positions?
A) Stone Guardian Hill
B) Contorting Hermit Hill
C) Belfry Hill
D) Medicine Pavilion Hill
  • 12. How many small rock gardens are dotted around the complex?
A) 24
B) 34
C) 44
D) 14
  • 13. Where are the drawings of constellations located?
A) Inside the bot
B) On the temple gates
C) On the granite slabs
D) On the wall of the library
  • 14. What are the Chinese statues used to guard?
A) The reclining Buddha
B) The library entrance
C) The gates of the perimeter walls
D) The monks' quarters
  • 15. What material was used for the pictorial encyclopedia slabs?
A) Sandstone
B) Granite
C) Marble
D) Limestone
  • 16. In which district of Bangkok is Wat Pho located?
A) Chatuchak District
B) Phra Nakhon District
C) Pathum Wan District
D) Bang Sue District
  • 17. Wat Pho is located directly south of which famous landmark?
A) Wat Arun
B) National Museum
C) The Emerald Buddha
D) The Grand Palace
  • 18. Wat Pho is a contraction of which older name?
A) Wat Arun
B) Wat Photaram
C) Wat Phra Si Sanphet
D) Wat Phra Chetuphon
  • 19. Which organization recognized the inscriptions at Wat Pho in its Memory of the World Programme?
A) UNESCO
B) World Bank
C) United Nations
D) WHO
  • 20. Which practice is Wat Pho known as the birthplace of?
A) Meditation
B) Muay Thai
C) Traditional Thai massage
D) Thai classical dance
  • 21. To what does the name 'Wat Photaram' refer?
A) A royal family member
B) The Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, India
C) A historic battle
D) A lotus flower
  • 22. During which historical period was the old temple of Wat Pho originally built?
A) Sukhothai period
B) Rattanakosin period
C) Ayutthaya period
D) Thonburi period
  • 23. Which King rebuilt the temple complex on the earlier temple site?
A) King Rama IV
B) King Phetracha
C) King Rama I
D) King Rama III
  • 24. What happened to the southern section of Wat Pho after the 1688 Siege of Bangkok?
A) It was converted into a market
B) A French Star fort was demolished
C) A wall was built
D) It was turned into a palace
  • 25. In what year did King Rama I move the capital to Bangkok?
A) 1801
B) 1824
C) 1782
D) 1767
  • 26. How many years did the rebuilding of Wat Pho by Rama I take?
A) Sixteen years
B) Three years
C) Over seven years
D) Twelve years
  • 27. Which King was responsible for the extensive renovation that lasted over 16 years starting in 1832?
A) King Rama I
B) King Rama III
C) King Rama IV
D) King Taksin
  • 28. Who led the group of monks and scholars that wrote the inscriptions on the temple walls?
A) Supreme Patriarch Prince Paramanuchitchinorot
B) King Rama III
C) King Phetracha
D) King Rama I
  • 29. Wat Pho is considered the earliest center for what in Thailand?
A) Commerce
B) Military training
C) Public education
D) Agriculture
  • 30. The remnants of a Buddha image from which destroyed temple were incorporated into a chedi at Wat Pho?
A) Wat Benchamabophit
B) Wat Mahathat
C) Wat Phra Si Sanphet
D) Wat Arun
  • 31. In what year was the private school for Thai medicine founded at the temple?
A) 1957
B) 2008
C) 1832
D) 1982
  • 32. Which king renamed the complex to Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm?
A) King Taksin
B) King Rama IV
C) King Rama III
D) King Rama I
  • 33. Why did King Taksin move the capital to Thonburi?
A) To abandon the old monarchy
B) Because Ayutthaya fell to the Burmese
C) Because of floods in Bangkok
D) To be closer to the sea
  • 34. Which style was used by Rama III to reconstruct the Phra Ubosot?
A) Ayuthaya-style
B) Rattanakosin-style
C) Sukhothai-style
D) Chiangsaen-style
  • 35. How many tiers are in the umbrella over the main Buddha statue?
A) Three-tiered
B) Nine-tiered
C) Seven-tiered
D) Five-tiered
  • 36. How many Buddha disciple images are in the Phra Ubosot?
A) Fourteen
B) Twelve
C) Ten
D) Eight
  • 37. What are the stone markers that delineate the sacred space of the bot called?
A) Phra Rabiang
B) Bai sema
C) Phra Prang
D) Kamphaeng kaew
  • 38. Approximately how many Buddha images are contained in the Phra Rabiang?
A) 244
B) 400
C) 1,200
D) 150
  • 39. Where is the Buddha Lokanatha located?
A) East viharn
B) North viharn
C) West viharn
D) South viharn
  • 40. Where does the Buddha Chinnaraja originate from?
A) Ayuthaya
B) Thonburi
C) Chiangsaen
D) Sukhothai
  • 41. Which Buddha was cast in the reign of Rama I?
A) Buddha Chinnasri
B) Buddha Lokanatha
C) Buddha Chinnaraja
D) Buddha Palilai
  • 42. What material are the Phra Prang towers tiled with?
A) Gold
B) Marble
C) Stucco
D) Teak
  • 43. How many chedis were built by Rama III?
A) Two
B) Three
C) One
D) Four
  • 44. What color is the chedi built by Rama IV?
A) Green
B) Blue
C) Yellow
D) White
  • 45. Where did the bodhi tree in Missakawan Park originally come from?
A) Burma
B) Sri Lanka
C) China
D) Ayutthaya
  • 46. What is the function of the Phra Mondop?
A) Preaching hall
B) Scripture Hall
C) Medical pavilion
D) Living quarters
  • 47. How many Phra Chedi Rai were built by Rama III?
A) 20
B) 16
C) 4
D) 71
  • 48. Which building serves as a meditation hall?
A) Phra Viharn Kod
B) Sala Karn Parien
C) Phra Mondop
D) Tamnak Wasukri
  • 49. Which building is known as the poet's house?
A) Sala Karn Parien
B) Phra Viharn Kod
C) Phra Mondop
D) Tamnak Wasukri
  • 50. How often is Tamnak Wasukri open to the public?
A) Every day
B) Every month
C) Once a year
D) Never
  • 51. The murals around Phra Mondop depict which story?
A) Traditional massage techniques
B) Royal history
C) The life of Buddha
D) The Ramayana
  • 52. In what year was the reclining Buddha built?
A) 1855
B) 1955
C) 1832
D) 1932
  • 53. What does the reclining Buddha image represent?
A) The birth of Buddha
B) The enlightenment under the tree
C) Entry into Nirvana
D) Buddha's first sermon
  • 54. What is the posture of the reclining Buddha called?
A) Sihasaiyas
B) Lotus position
C) Meditation pose
D) Standing pose
  • 55. What material was used to shape the core of the Buddha figure?
A) Plaster
B) Concrete
C) Solid gold
D) Marble
  • 56. How many panels are on each sole of the Buddha's feet?
A) 60
B) 30
C) 45
D) 108
  • 57. What material is used to inlay the soles of the Buddha's feet?
A) Mother-of-pearl
B) Jade
C) Gold leaf
D) Colored glass
  • 58. When is the annual celebration for the reclining Buddha held?
A) During the summer solstice
B) Around April
C) During the full moon in December
D) Around January
  • 59. In what year was the school for traditional medicine and massage established at Wat Pho?
A) 1955
B) 1832
C) 1950
D) 1985
  • 60. How many massage therapists has Wat Pho trained?
A) Approximately 50,000
B) Over 1,000,000
C) More than 200,000
D) Exactly 145,000
  • 61. What is the name for the therapeutic points and energy pathways used in Thai massage?
A) Nirvana
B) Chakra
C) Sihasaiyas
D) Sen
  • 62. How many inscribed plaques show pressure points for the human body?
A) 108
B) 30
C) 45
D) 60
  • 63. What decorates the box-pillows under the Buddha's head?
A) Gold paint
B) Inscribed poems
C) Glass mosaics
D) Mother-of-pearl
  • 64. What is the height of the reclining Buddha figure?
A) 46 m
B) 15 m
C) 108 m
D) 3 m
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